Re: [stable] to something appropriate (was Re: 2.6.22 -mm merge plans)

* Greg KH ([email protected]) wrote:
> And is this really a problem?  The whole goal of the -stable tree was to
> accomidate the users who relied on kernel.org kernels, and wanted
> bugfixes and security updates.  It was not for new features or new
> hardware support.
> 
> If people feel we should revisit this goal, then that's fine, and I have
> no objection to that.  But until then, I think the rules that we have
> had in place for over the past 2 years should still remain in affect.

I have to agree.  I went back through my mbox and found vanishingly few
pci_id update patches.   So it's not clear there's even a big issue.

thanks,
-chris
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